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A missile strike targeted a house in northwest Pakistan believed to be housing Islamic militants late Thursday, the latest in a string of suspected US drone attacks on the region, Pakistani intelligence officials said. 3 people were killed and
A missile fired by a pilotless U.S. drone aircraft on Friday killed at least three militants traveling in a car in Pakistan's North Waziristan region. "The bodies were burned beyond recognition. We are trying to determine their identity," said
Despite the centuries-old ban on cruel and unusual punishment, the latest Rasmussen poll indicates that 58% of Americans think the would-be Xmas terrorist should be subjected to "aggressive" interrogation techniques.
North Korea called for an end of hostile relations with the United States in a New Year's message Friday and said it was committed to making the Korean peninsula nuclear-free through negotiations. Communist North Korea has long demanded that Washi
Kenyan-born US Senate hopeful, Barrack Obama, appeared set to take over the Illinois Senate seat after his main rival, Jack Ryan, dropped out of the race .This report explains the context of the oft cited debate, between Obama and Keyes the following
Ft. Hood Shooter Maj. Nidal Hasan is back in the news by way of his attorney, retired Col. John P. Galligan and Galligan’s latest claims the military is hampering Galligan’s defense of his client.
Breckenridge, a ski resort in Colorado popular with British holidaymakers, now allows people to smoke marijuana without fear of arrest.
Florida representatives have co-sponsored a state amendment similar to the one that awaits public vote in Arizona which would nullify or void Obama’s federally mandated healthcare insurance.
Why is this money given to Slick Willie to buy 'commodities' instead of them BUYING the stuff to begin with!?! ***Thanks - Ed***
Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) -- The Mayo Clinic, praised by President Barack Obama as a national model for efficient health care, will stop accepting Medicare patients as of tomorrow at one of its primary-care clinics in Arizona, saying the U.S. government pa
This is a Service Sector Economy, considerably different from the industrial economy of ages past. Read the live thread here http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message955759/pg1
Twelve years after their demise, 1990's legendary Seattle grunge rock band Soundgarden is reuniting after lead singer Chris Cornell announced on his Twitter page the "Knights of the Soundtable ride again".
As the U.S. and its allies try to overcome logistical hurdles and rush some 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan in 2010, intelligence officials are warning that the Taliban-led insurgency is expanding and that "time is running out" for the U.S.-led co
Some banks were only too happy to take big bets from Goldman against the housing market. Merrill Lynch, the biggest player in the offshore market, remained bullish on the subprime mortgage market until late 2007 and plunged $369 million into a de
The use of credit-default swaps, or private, insurance-like contracts, exploded in recent years into a murky, $60 trillion worldwide market with little government scrutiny. Under such contracts, the buyers agree to pay premiums, as often as month
Goldman Sachs' chief spokesman, Lucas van Praag, issued the following statement in response to the latest installment in Greg Gordon's investigative series on the Wall Street firm, "Investors only could lose in Goldman's Caymans deals," published on
Three years before Allen Stanford's worldwide banking network collapsed, he called on a key member of the Caribbean Caucus to help him settle a crisis. The president of his bank in Venezuela had turned on Stanford after being accused of stealing
A top executive at American International Group Inc has resigned because of pay curbs imposed by the Obama Administration's pay czar, the insurer said. Anastasia Kelly, AIG's vice chairman for legal, human resources, corporate affairs and corporate c
A suicide bomber who killed 7 CIA officers and contractors and wounded 6 others at an isolated CIA base in eastern Afghanistan was a Taliban infiltrator dressed in an Afghan Army uniform, according to US officials and a Taliban claim of responsibilit
Gold prices sealed their biggest yearly gain in three decades with a small advance on Thursday, rising for an unprecedented ninth consecutive year as dollar-hedging traders and central banks joined the rally even as safe-haven buying subsided.
A U.S. district judge dismissed all charges Thursday against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards who were accused of killing 17 Iraqi civilians in a crowded Baghdad intersection in 2007. U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina said government pro
Haskell and his wife, Lori, were aboard Flight 253 when Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab allegedly tried to destroy the plane. They say another man tried to help Abdulmutallab board the plane in Amsterdam.
The more people who are dependent on the federal government, the more power the federal government can laud over the public, the better off the corporate political elite are.
A LOT of people are P!$$ed at the attempted end run around the grass roots. They even wonder how such a libertarian-leaning website got hold of the plan. This is going to get exciting!
Last month, a federal judge ruled Ciavarella and Conahan can only be held liable for actions they took outside the courtroom to further their alleged kids-for-cash conspiracy. Ciavarella is immune, the federal judge said, from liability for any decis
A London School of Economics paper by Prof. Adam Oliver, specifically observed the US Constitution is a good example of a structure that is undesirable, because over time, people get "entrenched" ideas under its influence, and don't want to change th
2010 may be to appliance buyers what 2009 was to car buyers: time for government rebates. Modeled after the Cash for Clunkers program, a federal appliance rebate program offers cash to people buying clothes washers, refrigerators and other appliances
When financial titan Goldman Sachs joined some of its Wall Street rivals in late 2005 in secretly packaging a new breed of offshore securities, it gave prospective investors little hint that many of the deals were so risky that they could end up losi
To close out 2009, I decided to do something I bet no member of Congress has done -- actually read from cover to cover one of the pieces of sweeping legislation bouncing around Capitol Hill. Hunkering down by the fire, I snuggled up with H.R. 4173, t
The American Dream was once a dream of an America in which life should be better, richer and fuller for all, because with hard work, ability, moral behavior and dedication you could assure yourself an opportunity for achievement or success. The se
